Modelling of failure mode transition in ballistic penetration with a continuum model describing microcracking and flow of pulverized media

DOI10.1002/nme.427zbMath1098.74665OpenAlexW2132305690MaRDI QIDQ4785129

Benjamin A. Gailly, Horacio D. Espinosa

Publication date: 17 December 2002

Published in: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.427

zbMATH Keywords

granular materialsdamageimpactbrittle materialsconstitutive modellingvisco-plasticityballistic penetration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

High-velocity fracture (74R15) Impact in solid mechanics (74M20)

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Uses Software

• LS-DYNA

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